The Divided Life

Last updated Aug 15, 2023

• Source: Atlas/Maps/DLQ 10 MOC
• Keywords: Cards/permanent notes
• Relevant Notes:
  • Module 1A
    • Cards/Problem versus Mystery: Life is full of mysteries, not just problems. Tackling these mysteries requires personal investment, which we are unable to provide when we live The Divided Life.
    • Cards/Absolute Certainty versus Wonder: Living with absolute certainty can lead one to living The Divided Life due to a desire for control.
    • Cards/Order and Chaos: a Divided Life consists of either too much order or too much chaos.
    • Cards/Perfectionism: Perfectionists live divided lives because the gap between their “perfect” avatars and authentic souls is too wide.
    • Cards/Desire: A Divided Life happens when we don’t channel our desires properly
  • Module 1B
    • Cards/The First Principle and Foundation
    • Cards/Discernment:
    • Cards/Desolation:
    • Cards/Consolation:
    • Cards/Disordered attachments
  • Module 2
    • Cards/Tangibles:
    • Cards/Brokenness:
    • Cards/The False Self
    • Cards/Self-rejection

• Parker Palmer (in Sources/Images of Integrity - Across the Great Divide, defines The Divided Life as living according to personas (which are created from Cards/Tangibles)
• What this looks like:
  • Imagine dancing in a drum circle where people play many different beats.
    • It all becomes noise.
  • “Always trying to stay above the line”; head above water

• We didn’t always live divided lives. When we were children, we were more in touch with ourselves.

• When we live a divided life, we are a shell of ourselves. But even if this breaks us apart, we still assume it is the best way to live.